student housing can only go into areas where housing is allowed, or the conversion of housing in those districts. like the director said, eastern neighborhood does not allow conversions. vice president olague: then where would this be done? i mean, where would it be done? there is such limited -- are there any sites that have been identified? i just want to know. how would this happen? >> i have thought about that as well, and i would defer to the institutions themselves. it primarily would be allowed in the core of the city. c districts, rc districts, probably the nc districts. anywhere housing is allowed. there are some r district, but there are some limitations. it would probably be primarily in the c districts. vice president olague: i know mo has probably been doing some work. how do they feel about it? >> i have reviewed all of this and they are in support of this. craig alderman was working closely with us for many months on this. vice president olague: i think it is really necessary. one other question i had. i guess that the imp will describe the following. you get one bad pla

student housing brings activity. student housing brings young people who both study hard and play hard, who support local businesses, who bring vibrancy to communities. they volunteer like hell. they engage

that is already there. >> i think what also houses we also delineated suited housing -- student housing so this is really perfect in that we have already done that in the planning process. you mentioned in boston. boston is similar in a number of ways. housing prices are higher. they have managed a way to do its. >> you could think of them as a city of neighborhoods also identified as a college town. the mayor said, why are we bringing all these students and throwing them into the neighborhood? i think there were possibly cultural issues as well, but they explosively took inclusionary off and certain other impact fees of about $8, and you will never guess what happened. they started building about 1000 units a year for the next decade. they require it go through a decision-making bodies, but they got behind a policy that is going to deliver that, and i think that would be a terrific outcome. >> it has been important, so having them integrated in the city is did as well, because they have been a part of our entertainment. that is important, and we need to do that. next speaker please. >>

but right now, i don't see a difference between housing where students live and housing where other people live because they have just as much right to it as anybody else. president miguel: commissioner olague. vice-president olague: we need to encourage the building or increasing the supply of student housing but not at the expense of the residents who currently live here. and i think residents -- current residents who live in lower-income housing have been under threat of eviction and displacement due to the pressures on the housing market. i don't want to encourage legislation that would increase those pressures on existing residents or those trying to remain in the city. >> i was continuing to read this example and from what the commissioner said, there might also want to look at the ancillary use possibilities like a classroom that may not strictly be allowable in the zone within which this might be built and maybe have some flexibility along those lines. i don't know what those uses would be, but they are mentioning classrooms and that kind of thing here, so -- >> another example act

commissioner sugaya: i'm afraid and i'm not a housing expert or housing developer, but has consideration been given to bonuses and that kind of thing where there would be real insebttives for housing of this type to be -- incentives for housing of this type to be built. >> he suggests relying on the density limitations that exist in the zoning district and you wouldn't get something out of scale. what we have in areas we are encouraging housing and removed the density limits. so that would be further to encourage this new development in the areas that we have rezoned. commissioner sugaya: you might want to think about extending that concept where we have said the building envelope is such and such and would meet the current zoning standards so to speak, but then allow in the other areas that we are talking about specifically for student housing to maybe allow this other way of calculating what could go inside that envelope, if i'm making myself clear here, so that instead of looking at it as 15 units that are allowed, we would say here's the building and you could stuff 25 in there, you

♪ affordable housing, affordable housing holds the city ♪ affordable housing ♪ ♪ affordable housing doesu and me -- good for you and me ♪ ♪ affordable housing holds the city kee for you and me, and it should ♪ ♪ affordable housing does it did for you -- good for you and me ♪ >> anybody else? any further comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i wonder if one of our deputy chair scattered talk about the suggestion about private right of action. i have a sense this might require a referral. >> if we were to put a private right of action, it seems something we could do, but it would require referral back to planning. >> i just wonder if it would be possible to send a committee letter and to ask if they can opine on creating this mechanism. i am just concerned that i would like to see this reached the board. >> it could be trailing legislation. we could look into that later. >> i will commit to sending a letter to major the inquiry is fully considered. >> we do not know who is going to be here later, so to have a backup is important. >> we could send a letter of inquiry, and mayb

, making sure that's other housing is developed before we take down the existing housing so they can continue to live on the island and be able to participate in this new neighborhood. i know that there is a very successful collaborative of nonprofit organizations. i know many of them. i look forward to working with them. a lot of the work has been done in terms of building the community-based and the community concepts to move forward with treasure island. as i said, i would like to be able to use whatever experience i have in community development and affordable housing development to make a contribution on the treasure island development authority. i thank you for your consideration and the opportunity to speak here today. supervisor campos: thank you. i appreciate your comments. if we could now please call larry mazzolo, jr. welcome to the rules committee. good morning. >> good morning. i am the assistant business manager of plumbers and pipes union local 38 san francisco. i'm a native san franciscan, who has lived and worked in san francisco my whole life. after completing the p

housing.need to make sure it is rehabilitated correctly. the renovation project is a prime example of how it should be done. the residents were taken care of first. then we will build. then they get to come back. those are the things we need to continue doing. in the past with public housing in the city, there were given certificates of preference and told the houses would be torn down and they could come back with the certificate. we have great-grandchildren holding on to the certificates because it did not manifest itself. one thing we could do is ensure that any time we're doing these types of renovations that we're going to make sure that those residents are adequately taken care of and have some work to move back to. >> i grew up in the housing projects. my mother told us this was temporary. my mother returned to school. she never said this is where we would be for ever. we swept in front of the projects. we have pride in where we lived. i want to see all housing projects eliminated. ther

, housing for people with disabilities, housing for the chronically homeless, holders of housing. >> we love redevelop it, but we are going to have to do some development ourselves. that is what we want the city to do. let the people year, starting with the people out here in bayview, to the development here. at the shipyard, whatever it is. you do not need anybody out there. you give me all about lead, i could get the money to develop it. >> first of all, we have a very public and open process. when you look at a public the size, you are looking at a national developer to have the wherewithal, the resources, the expertise and the finances to really complete a project like this. >> the residents of this community said they needed very affordable senior housing because many of their residents were aging in place in the community. that was a response to what the stated community needs were. in addition to the senior housing on the front, we are also looking at building affordable homeownership projects. this is 132 units of first-time home buyer units. that again will be affordable to

housing. we need real job opportunities. we need to talk stopped the bout migration of working-class families from the city. -- we need to stop the out migration of working-class families from the city. that is where i am on the political spectrum. >> mr. jackson, i will give you 10 more seconds because of my oversight. thanks you, sir. let's start with mr. lacy with the next question from the audience. the support more housing development or business development? >> both. we definitely need for housing. the housing cannot have no place for small businesses. we have to increase opportunities for local small businesses in the district and also housing. we do that in a few ways. the development projects at bayview/hunters point, we make sure that there are opportunities for affordable housing. also, we make sure that local businesses have an opportunity to thrive in those markets. we do that by instituting things like theú3áx9ç. for small businesses and the community benefits agreement. also, b

, the people's house. with that, i yield back. >> thank you. the gentleman yields. technically it was 11 of 13 because we ruled 5-4. i would like to note next procedures. we will be meeting briefly just to approve the report that will go to the full committee. after we recess from this session, i will be contacting the ranking member of the full committee so that we can schedule the sanctions hearing which is the next step in this process under our rules. we will certainly give notice of that. >> may i make a clarification. we did achieve consensus. >> you are correct. with that, we will recess to the closed session this afternoon to briefly go through the language and thinking to all of you. >> will help people voted be made public? >> no. thank you. work on thursday the house ethics committee met to discuss sanctions. congressman rangel made a comment during the meeting. later, following a closed-door meeting, the committee of issued their statement about a censure for congressman rangel. >> the committe

chip reid is at the white house tonight. chip, this is something new for a president who for the first two years had his party in control of both houses of congress. >> reporter: well, katie, it's a whole new political world for the president, and today, he began the readjustment by taking responsibility for his party's failures. >> it feels bad. >> reporter: a contrite president obama didn't hide how it felt after what he called a long and humbling election night. >> i'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. ( laughter ) i don't know, i'm sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. >> reporter: he said the message from voters was clear. >> we want you to work harder to arrive at consensus. we want you to focus completely on jobs and the economy. >> reporter: he said he looks forward to finding common ground with republicans. >> i think there are going to be a whole bunch of areas where we can agree on. >> reporter: for example, he's willing to consider comprom

student housing brings activity. student housing brings young people who both study hard and play hard, who support local businesses, who bring vibrancy to communities. they volunteer like hell. they engage in social activism, political activism, and they are low-impact residents. the typically do not bring automobiles. they support a public transit. the support small, ethnic restaurants, small businesses. -- they support small, ethnic restaurants, small businesses. we are obligated by state policy to make our entire enterprise self supporting. we are not allowed to redirect student the revenues or state appropriations to support auxiliary enterprises, and student housing is considered as such. so many of the inclusionary housing policies do not apply to the university of california, but these projects are challenging nonetheless because of the need to provide affordable housing and win 87% of the students qualify for need-based financial aid. we try to provide a high value low-cost education. given the diminishing l

commissioner antonini: there is a prohibition on all existing housing units? >> all housing units. commissioner antonini: ok. let's try to pull out this tourist hotel. i think that's not a housing unit. i would say perhaps we could modify it. vice-president olague: we saw some other things. i mean, i don't want to encourage that we start converting tourist hotel uses, because i think sometimes it's not really appropriate to a neighborhood -- i don't know. it got into a complicated conversation. it's not the type of thing i want to encourage. even the way they are structured may not be appropriate for students to live in in many ways. commissioner antonini: what do we do when we convert tourist hotel rooms to nonstudent housing? >> ann marie rogers worked on that legislation. i would like her to answer if she can. >> the large tourist hotels that are over 100 years are regulated by the administrative code and it's by lottery, but a lottery will not be allowed until the city produces 600 new rooms of these large tourist hotels. we aren't going to see anybody being able to convert a l

the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1638. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. mr. roe: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. roe: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1598. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1598, resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of october as national work and family month. the speaker pro tempo

so this is a big blow for the white house.n the midwest the republicans have already picked off two democratic seats including this one in the ninth district. baron hill. he was elected in 2006. he was a blue-dog democrat, katie, fiscally conservative but that wasn't enough to save him. he's defeated by todd young who was endorsed by sarah palin and who is a tea party member. >> couric: this tea party wave may in fact wash away many of the gains that the democrats made in 2006 and 2008. >> reporter: that's right, katie. take a look at this. this is particularly significant. you see this one up in the east. that doesn't seem like much but it's in new hampshire -- right now the republicans don't have a single seat in all of new england. frank guinta, another tea party republican defeats incumbent carol shea-porter. >> couric: joined by bob schieffer and jeff greenfield, two of the sharpest political minds in the country. this is a huge development, bob, everyone was wondering how many seats they would gain, not just whether they

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house rules. brianna keilar is joining us now. what is the congressman saying this morning? >> reporter: well, tony, he's sort of giving us a preview of what he's going to say at this sanctions hearing, basically, sentencing. charles rangel boycotted his trial but he's not going to be boycotting the hearing that starts at 12:00 eastern and he has 30 minutes to speak and his publicist tells me he's going to use that time and it's going to be dramatic. here is a preview from the hall a short time ago. >> i want to make it abundantly clear that no matter how many mistakes i've made and how apologetic i am, the question was asked of counsel, was there evidence of corruption, and when he responded no, there's no evidence of corruption or self-enrichment and that i was overzealous and sloppy. >> reporter: so he's talking about what the prosecution, ethics committy lawyer said in his trial, that he didn't believe there was evidence of corruption but that very same lawyer also said sloppiness isn't a defe

house causing damage. so i work for the national park service, and i understand quite a lot about landmark buildings. and what i'm hearing about today is that some significant repairs have been done, so that the bayview opera house can be rehabilitated. but if i'm hearing correctly, i think there are some paintings and some pictures inside bayview house that, with the money that they're going to get through a grant, that's going to be restored. so if that is so, it's good for all of us. because if you look on third street, there is no community center -- landmark community center where the people can gather. and so some of y'all have been at some of our events and functions there. it's not very far from my office. we appreciate what is being done. and we'd also like to know more about how the arts commission got jurisdiction over this building. and we would also like to know about who the board of directors are and we would also like to know what benefits will the community have when they have meetings in

my house. ever the love that. i said, it it is not exactly in of -- everybody loved it. i said, it is not exactly universal. we had a 50's kitchen. we had a second garage. we put in storage. we always wanted to redo the kitchen. that was the main thing. people say, i love the kitchen. we sold that without redoing the kitchen. we made more money than we thought we ever could. they loved the kitchen. we separated the appliances and painted the whole thing. we did all the things around it. we made sure there was storage, and parking. all of the things that that was one thing that was not on, for somebody who would like to have it your personal, the kitchen, particularly, do it -- do everything else. that was a very big lesson in some ways. i thought the value would be taken away for that. it was not. >> that is a good point. you are right. especially if you -- did you do a countertop change at all? you didn't. you did appliances. >> yellow. >> new appliances can help a lot. especially today, the c

and their neighbor pact house. -- and their neighbor's house. this is strictly residential. what do we do about that? i mean, it works. >> it is an observation i and others have made as well. it is an interesting idea. what i think is relevant here is that those facilities are parked either on the public right of way or on the sidewalk, both public right of way where we for better or worse do not have jurisdiction. i imagine mr. rich could elaborate on what the new controls may be in those instances. >> in terms of -- the issue you bring up would be more properly addressed under the companion legislation. the trucks would be parking probably on the street in front of the house where the party is. the legislation as currently proposed would not allow any sort of ongoing permit in a residential district, but it would allow, to the same process to go through to block off a parking space for construction activity -- it would allow a truck with a few days of notice and a small fee to get permited to be for a day on the street right there. my understa

the existing housing stock. i encourage you to approve the amendment to the planning code. president miguel: thank you. >> brad paul, speaking as an individual in support of this legislation with the changes to staff has recommended. i have a confession. when tim cullen first mention this, i said "as long as it does not apply to the academy garden." i figured they would find some way to use it against us. but on more careful reflection, it is exactly them we need to apply this to. the only way we are going to get this institution back on the straight and narrow -- it is going to take not just regulations, fees, and penalties, but incentives as well. this is just the tool we need. this, as you recognize, is the map of the 17 areas they would like to move into. what we need to do with those regulations and incentives is to concentrate them in the transit-rich mid market area around civic center. this is where there are residential projects that could buy. there are vacant lots that could be developed. there is the

i had never seen the house. i was familiar with his work, and i showed up at the house, and by walked in, this was an extraordinary experience. exploring this their unique space. this is a work of art. and i turned around and i was just amazed at what i saw. upon leaving, they gave me a catalog with a retrospective of the museum. i said that we cannot let this go on the open market. i purchased the house, but i did not know what was going to happen. i assembled a group of people and we all sat down and decided the best way to honor this man's legacy and the community where he was living is to have an artist in residence program. he was very generous with other artists and many were inspired by his work. we thought that this would be an appropriate usage. and also to hold on to his papers. his estate has assured me that i will receive copies of all of his papers and this will become something of a study center for his work. lastly, we wanted to make this open to the public. he has been very generous with the open

both the committee and house itself are guideposd by the precedence of the house.e house only expel five members, three during the civil war and two after they were convicted of felonies. the rules are clear that findings of violations alone should not be the basis for recommending a sangs. we're required to provide both theç respondent and committee counsel the opportunity to share their views about disciplinary action. it is imperative we act in a fair and even-handed matter. i note today's hearing is open to the public. although our deliberations will take place in executive session, our colleagues and the public will have opportunity to hear the views of the parties regarding an appropriate sangs at this hearing. both representative rangel and committee counsel have previously been advised of the guideline and as with any other phase of this process, the respondent may seek to waive this procedural stamp if he chooses. he is not required to be here or address the committee. representative rangel has chosen to be here today and he has the right to share his vie

a lot more interest to create market rate housing and above and even luxury housing. chris: there's been a lot of friction, most of that friction has to do with certain assumptions that are made on the part of the new residents. and rightfully so, they've moved into a neighborhood, they've just spent a pretty sizable chunk of change and they have expectations about what their quality of life should be. but unfortunately those expectations are trumped by the realities of inner-city living. lisa: i work with the recreation center advisory board here and there are a few of the neighbors that live in the lofts that come out do have some of the loft people come out and volunteer at the center and they're very much involved. and some others that just see anything outside their window as a problem, and... i think that's just typical of people in general. ben: i think there's probably a stereotype that south of market is just... just the freaks and the super-yuppies. and kind of there's no in-between, and perhaps there is some truth to that more than, say the mission, where t

house democrats are expressing sadness and some division tonight. rumblings of tension under lay pointed an ongoing debate over a leadership post for the top african-american member. while one of the most powerful lawmakers of the last half century has suffered a humiliating fall from grace. here is correspondent james rosen. >> reporter: for two-and-a-half years in front of cameras and behind closed doors, congressman charles rangel fought to stave off the moment but never contested the underlying charge against him. the 80-year-old democrat who represented harlem for four decades finds his options narrowing. >> count ten. conduct of vode of violation of ethics. >> the panel found rangel former chairman of the tax writing ways and means committee guilty of 11 violations of house rules, including failure to disclose income from property in the do min -- dominican republic. use of letterhead to solicit funds for center in his honor and conduct unbecoming of a congressman. >> it's been shattered in order to complete the work this year. don't you belie

they promised that the white house -- the white house did, anyway. not congressional democrats -- that unemployment would stay at 8.5%, 9.6%. most people look at those numbers and said we spent a lot of money and increase the deficit. will they reach a deal? will it pass congress? there can be cut across the board to defense, tackling tax cuts. we will see. but without a doubt, there is a move to cut spending. host: from wikipedia, an updated map done by district. the red is all republicans, including republican pickup states, the bright red. it's kind of hard to see some of the cities, some of those districts. this has already been updated, and pretty much accurate. there are a couple of uncalled races at this point. the next call comes from texas. hi, robert. caller: if brian lamb were catholic, i think we would make him a state. i voted the straight democratic ticket in the recent election. it is the first time in my life i have done that. prior to this time, i have been a republican throughout my life. i think the two take away messages from this

they could be used for news stands, fruit stands, lunch stands, play houses, poultry houses, tool houses, coal sheds, conservatories and polling booths, etc. and it really is a testament to the market street railway's imagination that these cars essentially got used for all of these different purposes. here's a shoemaker in oakland. he opened up his little cobbler shop in an old horse car in his backyard. he locked it up at night with a long nail going through. he said, who's going to steal old shoes? a little bit more dramatic, a man named james mcneal took four old horse cars and put them on a pontoon to make a house boat near bell very deer. he called it the nautilus. he rent it out to people, tricked it all up in the inside for rich people to come have a little summer vacation in a very novel setting. and a watch maker. there was a realtor who used a car as a real estate office. we'll talk more about him in a second. charles stall took three and put them in the sun dunes of the -- the sandunes of the sunset district, created a little ouse -- house out there. and this guy on the botto

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. all members take your conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lunchcloin madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1721, i call up the bill h.r. 1722 with the senate amendment thereto and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: report the motion. h.r. 1722, an act to require the head of each executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which employees shall be authorized to telework, and for other purposes. senate amendment, mr. lynch of massachusetts moves that the house concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 1722. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1721, the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally dwileded and controlled by the chair -- divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on oversight and government reform of the the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, and th

these house races. we don't want to overlook the fact as jim just mentioned the house is shifting hands in three races in ohio show us why. we're looking especially at ohio 16 with... and house 18 with jack space running against bob gibbs and in house 15 mary jo killroy. it's amazing. eve one of these races are races in which incull bents a tipping point districts are in trouble. >> yeah. ohio is clearly a problem for democrats. as somebody told me recently that ohio is the new michigan in terms of the economic problems. and this problem is hitting all these democrats. now killroy won very narrowly. this is a repeat. it was a squeaker two years ago. given how the environment changes, it has changed, you can see how she's in big trouble. but jack space wasn't expected to be in a difficult race. bob gibbs was a late recruit by the republicans. he only represents his legislative district. only represents a very small sliver of the congressional district. republicans almost wrote him off because he wasn't a

of the house.. and obviously, they have come out with a judgment. first, that he was involved in the allegations that were alleged and secondly, with the recommendation for action by the full house. so, the ethics committee process worked. that is what i think that the american public would be pleased with that. i think it is a sad day for mr. rangel who has served very honorably in the house of representatives and a hero in korea, and has fought for his country in battle. but this is a sad day for him. but it was an appropriate action by the ethics committee, in the sense that they found violations, and they took the action they deemed to be appropriate. the house will now consider it. >> some of the other punishments could have been a reprimand, the censure which is what he got or expulsion from the house of representatives which he is obviously not going to get. when we hear that he has been censured, what does that mean? >> well, ens essentially that the house of representatives have found that

then it becomes this odd game of the white house and the senate against the house. and that's just going to -- you know, we don't know yet the tone out of house republicans until we know who controls the senate and that's potentially going to be a problem for the white how. it would be easier if it were a clean break, in an odd way, being the white house versus congressional republican. we'll have this weird dynamic between the senate and the house before this stuff even makes its way to the president. >> i want to talk about the house and look at a few races that you'll look at early in the evening if to get a sense of magnitude. it's not a question of if republicans take the house but a question of magnitude. tom periello trying to hold off robert hurt. and indiana 2 and kentucky 6. why do those matter? >> there's no one bellwether. you have to look at a basket of them. those are states, early, early states will get if you see three, four, five of those going republican. you'll know that they're having a pretty good night. if democrats are surviving -- maybe four

this includes working with the mayor's office of housing on analyzing affordable housing strategies within the s.u.d., developing implementation plans and strategies such as for such amenities such as open space and streetscape improvements in the area. they may seek to modify the ordinance to support businesss that are identified as pro youth and family and restricting formula retail by conditional use or moving conditional uses controls on some types of businesses. the department recommendations support of such modifications as we discussed and with the supervisor's office. thank you. president miguel: thank you. i have one speaker card on this , anjelica garbondi. >> good evening, commissioners, my name is anjelica garbondi. thank you for supporting the youth and family zone in 2008 as part of the eastern neighborhood plan. as you know, the need to improve the s.u.d. is ongoing from open space, pedestrian safety, healthy development and housing affordability in a range of incomes. this legislation is one piece of insuring continuing to strive to meet the goals of the s.u.d. which was st

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor a former colleague today, the late congressmanoen pickett who passed away -- ow, n pickett who passed -- owen pickett who passed away. he was dedicated to our military, to his constituents. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman is recognized. mr. nye: mr. speaker, congressman pickett represented the second district of virginia for 14 years from 1987 to 2001 prior to that serving in the virginia house of delegates. he passed away on october 8 of this year at the age of 80. owen pickett understood that the best way to get things done was to work with people from both sides of the aisle. congressman pickett always put his constituents first. he stayed out of the partisan bickering that so many politicians fall prey to and inst

polls indicate that the democrats are likely to lose their majority in the house. the question is whether the democrats can retain control of the senate. with the vote counting beginning in other states as soon as polling stations close, the outcome is expected in a few hours. >>> a series of car bombings have killed at least 57 people in baghdad. the blasts apparently targeted iraq's shia muslims. the bombs went off almost simultaneously at 11 separate locations in the center of the iraqi capital on tuesday. the cars were parked near places like a restaurant and an auto dealership. police say at least 240 people were wounded in the bombings that hit crowded places in mostly shia neighborhoods. police have tightened security to prevent shia extremists from retaliating against sunnis. >>> now, this is just in. abc news says the republicans will likely win more seats in the u.s. midterm elections and recapture control of the house of representatives for the first time in four years. vote counting is still under way. and as we have said earlier, midterm elections are

i'm not sure the white house has begun to think through a strategy. when you're a successful senate candidate in west virginia, takes out a gun and shots shoots one your proposals there's a signal that maybe there are some policy immy indications here. -- implications here. >> cap and trade, which he did today suggest he's moving bend beyond. >> what we have not seen is back channel leaking from people on the white house staff saying they are upset about the fact that there are only 5 or 10 people that make all the decisions and some other people say it's time to open that up a little. >> what does that tell you, that we are going to see some? >> there's going to be critici criticism. the old washington phrase, mistakes have been made. mistakes have been made. you're the majority in 20 and you walk into a mid term election and it's the worst right direction wrong track number in the last five mid term elections in this country, including 2006 and 1994. >> but to get back to your question, mark, should they, should the president have been thinking abou

it's a very, very clearly that housing benefits -- here we are -- housing benefits -- they all stood on it. housing benefits will be reformed to ensure we do not subsidize people to live in the private sector on rent that other people in the working sector cannot afford. -- thevel of opportunity i level of opportunists are so great that even the people who propose it are against it. >> our thoughts are with mary byrne who was severely injured and is in hospital. two hundred families have had to be evacuated from their homes. i would like to pay tribute to all the city services and the city council and, most of all, the ordinary men and women in that community who have stepped forward, rescued a child from the rubble, opened up the local post, and publish it giving people local shelter. the cost of this event will be enormous. like every other survey, we are facing a difficult budget. would the prime minister offer any help he could give to those families? my hon. friend will echo -- >> i think the house is being unfair to the hon. lady. she is speaking about a powerful issue and on b

if you get more houses built you keep the revenue for the extra houses. it is a change in the system, but i think it is given what we just had didn't produce the houses and the rocketing housing benefit bill and a record number of people on housing waiting list so think it's time to try something new. >> given the level of housing benefit changes not just in london but of sight in the 30th percentile rule will actually mean that areas of cities such as sheffield are no longer afford people want a house in benefit including those who work on the low incomes, is it still the government's policy to have mixed community or is there now we disjunction between the policies of the dwp and the busbee eight? >> something we are trying to do is widely shared across the political spectrum which is we move to a situation where we are not asking working people to pay taxes to support people in housing benefit fonted houses -- >> i think the general principle just enunciated -- >> perhaps it goes against mixed communities than? >> no, has lakes when we have is attritio